These Things No.59

this week we moved into our newoffice (during an unseasonable heat wave, ain’t nobody got time for that). and i was feeling so happy and sprightly and excited, that i moved desks and picked up furniture and ran up and down the 3 flights of stairs too many times to count… feeling GREAT! and then the next day, my back. OH! my back. i could kick myself for overdoing it after suffering from bad back problems these past few months. well, i can’t actually physically kick myself – it hurts too much.

so, here i am lying on my couch again. feeling like a dummy, and just trying to recuperate. which of course calls for a these things. lesson: look after your backs, people. get up from your desk. walk more. work your core. and don’t be a dummy, like me.

Hi Diana. I’m almost 43 and suffered from occupational overuse syndrome in my shoulders, neck and arms for years. In recent years I corrected my posture, got a decent chair, started focussed exercise at the gym two days a week. This got my pain down to 50%. About a year ago I started seeing a Chiropractor. Amazing. I’m almost pain free. Why not give it a try?